#BB9FBB#BB9FBB

#BB9FBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.051 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9FBB
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 15.27, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 18.58, 325.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.042 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.051 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8602, 38.9496, 52.3169)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9FBB #9FBB9F

analogous

#AD9FBB #BB9FBB #BB9FAD

triadic

#BB9FBB #BBBB9F #9FBBBB

tetradic

#BB9FBB #BBAD9F #9FBB9F #9FADBB

square

#BB9FBB #BBAD9F #9FBB9F #9FADBB

split-complementary

#BB9FBB #ADBB9F #9FBBAD

monochromatic

#835D83 #A27BA2 #BB9FBB #D4C3D4 #EEE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BB9FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BB9FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9FBB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9FBB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.051 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbcf',
    500: '#bb9fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9fbb;
$custom-light: #cfbbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73615,
    "c": 0.05068,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9FBB

secondary

#D7DFD7

accent

#9B4A4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9FBB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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